Give Us Morimoto

Perhaps it was fate that *Iron Chef’*s Masaharu Morimoto injured his shoulder right as he was set to be drafted by one of Japan’s major-league baseball teams. If it weren’t for that minor setback, his intricate knife skills might never have found their way to Nobu, or toward many unlucky monkfish. After 27 years in the food industry and an award-winning cookbook, everyone’s favorite culinary master is still going strong, opening his new restaurant, Tribeca Canvas, this month in New York. Peek at the best shots from Morimoto’s adventures in cuisine he’s taken with his iPhone, including wasabi root, savory Japanese pancakes, and an ornate “sushi cake.”